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Collection Inventory
Series I. Richard Pratt Professional, 1950-2004
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Scope and Content Notes: Series I contains materials related to Richard Pratt's undergraduate and graduate education, positions held at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and the University of Pittsburgh, various consultant positions, and professional memberships. This series also includes proposals for projects and collaborations with physicists of other nations including China, India, Russia, and Romania, among others. The bulk of this series is correspondence, but also includes workbooks (tracking meetings and trips), meeting notices of Pratt's atomic physics group, proposals, lab reports, course information, memos, and agreements.
This series is organized into subseries. These include: Subseries 1. Education and Positions, 1950-2004, which consists of undergraduate and graduate school at the University of Chicago, job searches, vitas, bibliography, and awards. Subseries I. also includes workbooks and group meeting notices, 1979-2004, that include workbooks that track Pratt's activities including meetings, travels, and notes; group meeting notices; and materials concerning consulting positions (National Science Foundation, Livermore National Laboratory), international research proposals, and research trips. This subseries also includes correspondence regarding Pratt's help in the defection of Romanian Physicists to the United States in the 1970s. Subseries 2. Semester at Sea, 1984-1992, contains materials regarding the Semester at Sea Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Subseries 3. contains professional correspondence, 1959-1999.
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Subseries 1. Education and Positions, 1950-2004
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 1. consists of admissions, articles, and notes from undergraduate and graduate school at the University of Chicago, ditto copies of notes from the last Quantum Physics course taught by Enrico Fermi, job searches, vitas, bibliography, and awards. This subseries also contains workbooks used by Pratt to keep track of his activities including meetings, travels, and notes. Also included are Pratt's group meeting notices and minutes. The group meetings are held weekly on a semi-regular basis (depending on who is traveling), and are attended by Pratt's graduate students and colleagues, both from Pittsburgh and international visiting scholars. Organizational issues, literature reviews, and abstract deadlines are discussed as well as upcoming travel and visitor schedules. These materials are summaries of the meetings, 1979-2004, and include information on projects and theories being researched.
This subseries also includes materials related to National Science Foundation and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory funding sources. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at the University of California is one of the main government weapons laboratories. Richard Pratt became a consultant there in 1959 while he was at Stanford. Scientists at the lab were interested in Pratt's thesis work as it suggested an error, in the work of Hall, employed by the lab, and Oppenheimer, on the high energy limit of photoeffect and helped to assemble a group for further numerical calculations at lower energies. A couple of years after moving to Pittsburgh he became a consultant again and arranged for subcontracts for the University of Pittsburgh for further work in photoeffect, bremsstrahlung, and photon atom scattering. This led to further work for graduate students. Pratt was also successful in receiving funding from a series of National Science Foundation grants for cooperative research with Universities and Institutions in various parts of the world. Pratt also served as a Program Director for the National Science Foundation, 1987-1989. Much of Pratt's current work has proceeded through these continuing contacts.
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Box 1
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University of Chicago Admissions, 1950
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University of Chicago Correspondence, 1950-1956
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Enrico Fermi's Quantum Physics Course, 1954
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Journal,
Physical Review, 1957
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Job Searches, tanford University, 1959
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Job Searches, Other, 1954
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Job Searches, University of Pittsburgh, 1964
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Job Searches, Other, 1964
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Job Applications, 1976-1990
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Vitas, 1965-1994
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Bibliography, 1957-2002
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Meetings/Talks, 1958-1983
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Salary Letters, 1960-1998
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Awards, 1988-1998
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Pittsburgh Informal Program, 1980-2004
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Box 2
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Workbooks, April 1981 - January 1982
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Workbooks, January 1983 - November 1995
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Box 3
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1-3 |
Workbooks, December 1995 - November 2000
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4-9 |
Group Meeting Notices, 1979-1984
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Box 4
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Group Meeting Notices, 1985-1989
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Box 5
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Group Meeting Notices, 1990-1993
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Box 6
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1-7 |
Group Meeting Notices, 1994-2000
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Box 7
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1-4 |
Group Meeting Notices, 2001-2004
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Group Meeting Notices, Group Secretary, 1967-1988
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National Science Foundation, Position, 1987-1989, 2000
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, University of Pittsburgh, 1977-1982
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Box 8
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, University of Pittsburgh, 1979-1996
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Argentina, 1992-1995
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Brazil, 1992-1995
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, China, 1987-1991
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Box 9
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Croatia, 1987-1990, 1994
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, India, 1978-1994
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Israel, 1982
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9-10 |
National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Korea, 1988-1995
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Latvia, 1997
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Malaysia, 1984-1997
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Box 10
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Poland-Rochester-Pittsburgh, 1980-1983, 1993
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Romania, 1991-1994
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Russia, 1992-1998
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Taiwan, 1979-1981
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Other Awards, 1993
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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, NETL Bremsstrahlung, 2001
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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Bunaciu, Doina, 1980-1981
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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Foias, Ciprian, 1979
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Box 11
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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Gavrila, Mihai, 1976-1977
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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Patrulius, Radu, 1969-1980
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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Pomponiu, Constantin, 1978
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"Memo of Understanding", University of Pittsburgh - University of Bucharest, 1972-1977
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8 |
Institutions in Romania, 1970-1972
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Institutions in Poland, 1971-1982
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Ukraine Trip, 1997-1998
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11 |
Evaluation at Bose Institute, 1994
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12 |
CISA, Israel-Pittsburgh Cooperation, 1994
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Asilomar Workshop, 1984-1985
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Box 12
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Darjeeling Workshop, 1996
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2-3 |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Security Clearance, 1958-2000
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4-7 |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lab Reports, November 1969 - December 1974
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Box 13
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1-8 |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Subcontract, 1971-1996
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Consulting, 1987-1988
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Subseries 2. Semester at Sea, 1984-1992
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 2. contains materials regarding Richard Pratt's involvement in bringing the Semester at Sea Program to the University of Pittsburgh; serving as Academic Dean in 1984; and as Administrative Dean in 1990. Records include correspondence about sponsorship, appointments, reports, memos, programs, mailings, and notebooks. This subseries is arranged chronologically.
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Pittsburgh Sponsorship and Evaluation, 1984
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Appointments and Reports, 1985
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Box 14
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Dean's Memo, 1987
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Evening Programs, 1989
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Field Programs, 1990
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General Mailings, 1990
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Voyage Notebooks, 1984-1990
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Subseries 3. Correspondence, 1959-1999
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 3. consists of professional correspondence to/from Richard Pratt. The correspondence concerns his work with colleagues and students in many fields of physics. The correspondence files have been retained in original order and are organized in two ways - correspondence grouped by first letter of last name; and correspondence organized alphabetically by last name. If a researcher wishes to look up an individual it is recommended to look in both sections.
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Box 15
Box 16
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Amusia, Miron Ya.
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Beigman, Israel L.
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Birula, Iwo Bialynicki
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Chernysheva, Larissa V.
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Cionga, Aurelia
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Costescu, Adrian
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Dutt, Ranabir (Dr.)
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Fink, Joanne K.
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Florescu, Viorica
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Erzeneoglu, Salih Z.
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Gailite (Karule), Erna
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24 |
Goldberg, Isser Benjamin
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Gonclaves, Odiar D.
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27 |
Huang, Keh-Ning
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Ivinski, Zbigniew
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Kane, Prabhakar P.
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Box 17
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Lyalin, Andrey G.
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Manakov, Nikolai L.
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Miraglia, Jorgr E.
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12 |
Namyslowski, J.M.
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Pisk, Krunoslav
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Roy, Suprakash, Ch.
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Salzmann, David
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Sen Gupta, Swanpan K.
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Serbescu, Liana
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Shaffer, Charles D.
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Sood, B.S. (Dr.)
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Sud, Krishan K.
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Tong, Xiao-Ming
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Urnov, Alexander M.
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Wang, Min-Sheng
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33 |
Yang, Huang-Wang
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Zakowicz, Wtadystaw Btazej
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Series II. Richard Pratt Personal, 1940-2005
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Scope and Content Notes: Series II contains non-professional personal materials of Richard Pratt. This series is organized into three sub-series. Sub-series 1. General Materials, 1940-1978 contains notebooks, elementary and high school writings and papers, notes, hike diaries, articles, passports, and correspondence regarding trips to Cuba and Quebec and the Draft Board. Sub-series 2. Family Correspondence, 1940-2005, contains correspondence between Richard Pratt's parents, Karl and Gertrude Pratt; correspondence between Richard and Ann Pratt and their children; and Christmas and Family Letters. The Christmas letters are sent once a year and include most of the family happenings for the years 1964-2004. Sub-series 3. Personal Correspondence, 1943-1999, includes Richard and Ann Pratt's personal correspondence and has been kept in original order. The first part of the correspondence is arranged chronologically, 1943-1962. The second part of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name.
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Subseries 1. General Materials, 1940-1978
Box 18
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The Long Trail, 1940-1942
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"Silhouette", 1945-1946
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English Paper, 1948
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Correspondence, Leonard Cluley, 1948-1950
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9-10 |
School Papers, 1949-1951
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11 |
Activities/Expenses, 1950-1958
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12 |
Essays, 1950-1951
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Box 19
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Grammar Notebook, no date
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2-4 |
Notes/Writings, 1951-1952
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5 |
Essay, "A Review of Divorce Problems", no date
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Notebook, 1951-1953
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Quebec Trip, 1952
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Draft Board, 1954-1962
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Hike Diary, 1960
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California, 1961-1974
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Passports, 1963-1978
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14 |
Miscellaneous, 1947-1980
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15 |
Articles by Richard Pratt, 1959-1964
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Box 20
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Address Books, Semester at Sea, no date
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Subseries 2. Family Correspondence, 1940-2005
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Karl and Gertrude Pratt to/from Richard Pratt, 1941-1951
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Box 21
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1-8 |
Karl and Gertrude Pratt to/from Richard Pratt, 1952-1954
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Box 22
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1-10 |
Karl and Gertrude Pratt to/from Richard Pratt, 1955-1959
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Box 23
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1-10 |
Karl and Gertrude Pratt to/from Richard Pratt, 1960-1964
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Box 24
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1-18 |
Karl and Gertrude Pratt to/from Richard Pratt, 1965-1974
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Box 25
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Karl and Gertrude Pratt to/from Richard Pratt, 1975-1983
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Box 26
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1-13 |
Karl and Gertrude Pratt to/from Richard Pratt, 1984-1997
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14-21 |
Family Letters, 1963-1983
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Box 27
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1-11 |
Family Letters, 1984-1994
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Box 28
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1-11 |
Family Letters, 1995-2005
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12 |
Christmas Letters, 1964-2004
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Box 29
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Richard Pratt to Mary Luella Pratt (Grandmother), 1940-1952
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2-11 |
Richard Pratt to/from Ann Pratt, 1955-1988
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Richard Pratt to Paul Pratt, 1974
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Richard Pratt to Kathy Pratt, 1974
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Richard Pratt to Jonathan Pratt, 1974
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Richard Pratt to "Children", 1974
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Ann Pratt to "Family", 1957-1959
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Richard Pratt to "Family", 1958-1980
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Postcards, Warszawa (not sent), no date
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Subseries 3. Personal Correspondence, 1943-1999
Box 30
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1-9 |
1943 - June 30, 1956
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Box 31
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1-5 |
July 1, 1956 - June 2, 1962
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Box 32
Box 33
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1-6 |
Fo - Gruenbaum
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Box 34
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1-6 |
Gruver - Joseph
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Box 35
Box 36
Box 37
Box 38
Box 39
Series III. Sierra Club, 1973-1998
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Scope and Content Notes: Series III contains materials related to Richard Pratt's involvement with the Sierra Club. Materials included are history, by-laws, publications, minutes from both the Pennsylvania Chapter and the Allegheny Group Executive Committee, and trip report forms that outline hikes and outings led by Pratt. This series also includes proposals, maps, publications, legislation, studies, and correspondence related to Pratt's involvement in the designation of wilderness areas in the Allegheny National Forest including the Allegheny Front and Tracey Ridge. Other materials pertain to Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers and Ohiopyle State Park. These materials are organized by subject.
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Early History, 1974
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Allegheny Sierran, 1973-1974
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Box 40
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Sylvanian, 1983-1994
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Box 41
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1-2 |
Sylvanian, 1995-1997
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3-6 |
Minutes, Pennsylvania Chapter, 1973-1983, 1991
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7-8 |
Minutes, Allegheny Group Executive Committee, 1974-1983
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Box 42
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Minutes, Allegheny Group Executive Committee, 1983-1992
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Allegheny National Forest, General, no date
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Allegheny National Forest, Allegheny Front Proposals, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Allegheny River Face, no date
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Allegheny National Forest, History, 1974
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Allegheny National Forest, East Hickory Proposal, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Local and Public Reaction, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Allegheny River Face Maps, no date
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Allegheny National Forest, Minister Creek Proposals, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Miscellaneous 1973-1982
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14 |
Allegheny National Forest, Other Proposals, 1973-1974
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Allegheny National Forest, Publications, 1970-1973
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Allegheny National Forest, RARE II, General, 1978-1979
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Box 43
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Allegheny National Forest, RARE II, East Wilderness Discussion, 1972-1974
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Allegheny National Forest, RARE II, East Wilderness Legislation, 1973-1974
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Allegheny National Forest, RARE II, East Wilderness Letters, 1977-1979
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Allegheny National Forest, Survey of Allegheny River Face, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Tracey Ridge, Study, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Tracey Ridge, Maps, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Tracey Ridge, Organization/Miscellaneous, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Tracey Ridge, OGM Information, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Tracey Ridge, Reports, 1973
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Allegheny National Forest, Tracey Ridge, Timber Sale Information, 1963-1973
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12 |
Allegheny National Forest, Tracey Ridge, Trails, 1974
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Allegheny National Forest, Trail Guides, 1974-1991
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15 |
Allegheny National Forest, Wilderness, 1977-1979
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Box 44
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Ohiopyle State Park, Laurel Run Study, June 30, 1976
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Ohiopyle State Park, Bruner Run and "Old Mitchell Place", no date
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ECF Report, 1976-1978
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ECF EE Subpanel, 1977
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Forbes State Forest, 1973
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Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers, 1974-1978
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Miscellaneous Maps and Publications, 1976-1997
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9 |
Trail Segment Reports, 1975
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Vacation Guides, 1978
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Trip Report Forms, 1973-1998
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Box 45
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Trip Report Forms, 1973-1998
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Series IV. Pratt Family, 1820-1997
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Scope and Content Notes: This series contains the Pratt Family material including Karl Pratt professional or personal papers as well as the Pratt Family Photographs.
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Subseries 1. Karl Pratt Professional, 1920-1989
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 1. contains materials representing Karl Pratt's professional career. Karl Pratt was born November 20, 1899 in Huntington, Ohio. After graduating from high school in Wellington, OH, he went to Ohio State University, earning a B.A. (1923), M.A. (1924), and a Ph.D. (1927) in psychology. After earning his Ph.D. he was awarded an NRC fellowship at New York University, Karl finished his Ph.D. at Ohio State in 1927, and accepted a position at Central Michigan Teacher's College, now Central Michigan University, in Mt. Pleasant, MI. He taught psychology and eventually became the head of the department until his retirement in 1968. Some of his theories focused on early childhood (neonate) and progressive education.
Materials include bibliography, resumes, articles, manuscripts, reprints, and article/book reviews. The bulk of this series contains correspondence. The correspondence is organized separately by subject and by individual (arranged alphabetically) and includes correspondence concerning publications and reviews. This series also includes correspondence from students, colleagues, and mentors.
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Bibliography and Professional History, no date
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Awards, 1927-1989
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Salary Letters, 1932-1967
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Writings, Manuscripts, and Notes, and 1925-1946 no date
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Unfinished Articles, no date
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11 |
Notes on Articles about Infants, no date
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Box 46
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Notes from Lectures, no date
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4-5 |
Reprints of Published Articles by Karl Pratt, 1925-1946
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Reprints of Published Articles by Karl Pratt and Others, 1931-1954
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Reprints of Published Articles by Others, 1935-1944
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Article Reviews by Karl Pratt, 1936-1951
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Dissertation, 1930
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Manuscript -
The Neonate
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11 |
Journals Containing Articles by Karl Pratt, 1932-1938
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Box 47
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Journals Containing Articles by Karl Pratt, 1939-1940
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Manuscript -
The 1936 Freshman -- 1940 Senior Class: An Analysis of the Effects of Selection and of Educational Gains and Losses, 1941
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3-4 |
Editorials by Karl Pratt, 1942-1962
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5-9 |
Correspondence Regarding Employment, 1923-1958
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10-12 |
Correspondence Regarding Professional Development, 1923-1980
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13 |
Programs - American Psychological Meetings, 1931-1935
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Box 48
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Superior State Teachers College, Wisconsin, 1950-1953
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2-13 |
Correspondence - Publishers, Students 1927-1988
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Box 49
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1-18 |
Correspondence - Colleagues (A-S), 1920-1959
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Box 50
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1-6 |
Correspondence - Colleagues (S-W) 1932-1938
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7 |
Retirement Announcement and Correspondence, 1967-1968
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8 |
Tributes to Rowe, Herrig, and Poole, 1958-1967
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Subseries 2. Karl and Gertrude Pratt Personal, 1911-1997
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Scope and Content Notes: While teaching at NYU, Karl met Gertrude, one of his students and ten years his junior (b. January 8, 1910). Their courtship and eventual marriage was opposed by both sets of parents on religious grounds. He was forced to return to Ohio State, after Gertrude's father met with the Dean at NYU - he was not fired, but his contract was not renewed. Gertrude completed her last year of college at Ohio State and Karl finished his Ph.D. in 1927 and accepted a position at Central Michigan Teacher's College, now Central Michigan University, in Mt. Pleasant, MI. In 1933, when Gertrude became pregnant with Richard she returned to live with her family in New York because Karl was not making enough money at Central Michigan to take care of her. She finally returned to Michigan when Richard was four. Gertrude worked as a bookkeeper, reference librarian for the college, recorder for the college, and as a reference librarian for Mount Pleasant Public Library. In 1968, Karl and Gertrude retired to the Camden, Maine area, where they stayed until Karl's death in 1993. In 1997 Gertrude moved to Pittsburgh to be closer to Richard but died within six months.
Subseries 2. is organized into three sections. The first section contains general materials, 1911-1989, which includes elementary and high school diaries, manuscripts, account books, journals, and correspondence. These materials are arranged chronologically. The second section contains family correspondence, 1919-1997, and is organized chronologically by sender/recipient. The third section contains personal correspondence, 1919-1997, has been kept in original order. The first part of correspondence is arranged alphabetically by sender and each sender has a separate folder. The second part of correspondence is arranged alphabetically by sender but is grouped together by last name. The third section is arranged chronologically. The fourth and final section contains Christmas Letters, 1977-1987.
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Section: General Materials, 1911-1989
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9-11 |
Elementary and High School Writings and Manuscripts, 1911-1921
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Box 51
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1-2 |
High School Journals, 1916-1920
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3 |
Diary - "Musings and Meditations", 1916-1920
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4-7 |
Account Books, 1919-1935
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8 |
Writings - "University Themes", 1921
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Box 52
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2-3 |
Letters to the Editor, 1922-1923
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4 |
Writings - "Miscellaneous Literary Attempts", 1925
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5 |
Hitchhiking Journal, 1925
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6 |
Manuscript and Publisher Correspondence - "Pale Shadow", 1931-1933
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7 |
Essay, "Exploration of the Long Trail", 1944
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8 |
Gertrude Pratt - Education and Employment, 1930-1980
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9-10 |
Gertrude Pratt - Book Reviews, 1930-1972
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11 |
Karl Pratt - Class Reunions, 1967-1982
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12 |
Karl Pratt - 90th Birthday, 1989
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Section: Family Correspondence, 1919-1997
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13-16 |
Karl to/from Gertrude Pratt, June 1929 - October 1933
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Box 53
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1-14 |
Correspondence, November 1933 - November 1937
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Box 54
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1-9 |
Correspondence, December 1937 - 1966
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10 |
Correspondence, no date
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11-16 |
Karl Pratt to/from Mary Luella and Mildred Pratt, 1919-1928
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17-18 |
Karl Pratt to/from Mary Luella and B.H. Pratt, 1929-1963
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Box 55
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1-6 |
Karl Pratt to/from Mary Luella and B.H. Pratt, 1950-1963
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7-10 |
Karl Pratt to/from Mary Luella and B.H. Pratt, no date
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11-12 |
Karl Pratt to/from Grandma Chapman and Houghton, 1919-1924
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13 |
Maud Chapman, 1951-1960
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14 |
Gennis Family, 1966-1972
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Box 56
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1-2 |
Joe and Sylvia Gennis, 1931-1989
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3 |
Bob and Christine Gennis, 1983-1984
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4 |
Bob and Mildred Gennis, 1952-1964
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5 |
Alvin and Bess Gennis, 1931-1951
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6 |
Sid and Sylvia Gennis. 1972-1973
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7 |
Kathryn Glass, 1962-1966
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8-13 |
Jonathan Pratt, 1965-1997
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14 |
Kathy Pratt, 1969-1979
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Box 57
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1-5 |
Kathy Pratt, 1980-2001
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6-11 |
Caroline Pratt, 1968-1997
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Box 58
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1 |
Paul Pratt, 1975-1990
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2-3 |
Letters to Karl Pratt while at OSU, 1920-1928
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Section: Personal Correspondence, 1919-1997
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4 |
"Troublesome Days at NYU", 1929
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5-17 |
Bakes - Menzes, 1919-1927
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Box 59
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1-5 |
Myers - Yarbush, 1919-1928
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6 |
Miscellaneous, 1922-1928
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7-11 |
Correspondence, A - E
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Box 60
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1-7 |
Correspondence, F - Harrigan
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Box 61
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1-8 |
Correspondence, Haw - Miller, Evangelene
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Box 62
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1-9 |
Correspondence, Miller, Evangelene - R
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Box 63
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1-7 |
Correspondence, S - Z
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Box 64
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1-10 |
Correspondence, 1930-1975
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Box 65
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1-16 |
Correspondence, 1976-1991
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Box 66
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1-2 |
Correspondence, 1951-1990
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3-4 |
Christmas Letters, 1977-1987
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Subseries 3. Pratt Extended Family, 1820-1960
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 3. contains materials, mostly correspondence, from other members of Pratt's extended family. Family members include Burton and Mary Luella Pratt, Richard's Grandparents; Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Burton's Brother, and various other Pratt, Gennis, and other family members. Some of this material dates back to the 1820s and 1850s and includes correspondence, notebooks, account books, invitations, manuscripts, and other materials, 1820-1960.
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5-6 |
Transcribed Family Correspondence, 1861-1916
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7-8 |
Benjamin Pratt - Account/Expense Book, 1820
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9 |
Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Notebooks, 1840s
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10 |
Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Account and Day Books, 1850-1873
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11 |
Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Receipts, 1859-1865
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12 |
Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Correspondence, 1855-1888
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13 |
Valletti to Alta Pratt, Correspondence, 1870-1891
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14 |
Luella Pratt to Alta Pratt, Correspondence, 1859-1864
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15 |
Miscellaneous, Correspondence, 1854-1900
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Box 67
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Invitations, Correspondence, 1883-1921
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2 |
Jerome Pratt to Benjamin and Alta Pratt, Correspondence, 1874
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3 |
Obituary, Benjamin Pratt, May 4, 1887
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4 |
Burton and Luella Pratt, Correspondence, 1874-1951
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5 |
Otis (O.C.) Pratt to Burton Pratt, 1918
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6 |
Jerome (J.B.) Pratt to Burton Pratt, 1907-1934
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7 |
Invitations, Burton and Luella Pratt, 1872-1937
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8 |
Burton and Luella Pratt, Manuscript - "Grumblers", no date
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9 |
Jerome (J.B.) Pratt to H.J. Pratt, 1929
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10 |
Otis Pratt, Correspondence and Tombstone Inscription, 1908
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11 |
Orange (O.S.) Chapman, Correspondence, 1921-1922
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12 |
Hannah Chapman, Correspondence, 1920-1922
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13 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1855-1877
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14-15 |
Newspaper Clippings, 1891-1960
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16 |
Obituary, John Houghton, 1924
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17 |
Penmanship Book, no date
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Subseries 4. Pratt Family Photographs, 1860s-1965
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Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 4. contains photographs of Richard, Ann, Karl, Gertrude, and various Pratt and Gennis family members, 1860s-1960s. Inventories are available if noted at the folder level.
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68 |
Richard Pratt, ca. 1934-1960
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69 |
Karl, Mildred, and Gertrude Pratt ca. 1900-1965
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70 |
Pratt Extended Family, ca. 1862-1965
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71 |
Chapman, Houghton, Eaton, Needles, Pratt Families, ca. 1880s-1965
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72 |
Gennis Family, ca. 1920s-1965
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73 |
Photo Albums (with inventory), ca. 1934-1955
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74-78 |
Miscellaneous Photos, ca. 1880s-1965
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